phrasal verb · neutral
turn off
UK/tɜːn ɒf/US/tɜrn ɒf/TURN·off
speakingtask1
to switch something off; to make someone lose interest or feel disgusted
Examples
“Please turn off the lights when you leave.”
“His rude behaviour really turned me off.”
“The film's poor ending turned a lot of viewers off.”
Band 8 sentence
“The constant background noise really turned me off from studying at the café.”
Collocations
- turn off the light/TV/heater
- be turned off by
Word family
turn off phrasal verbturn-off noun
Common mistakes
turn off the music up→turn up the music / turn off the music
He was turned off by the party -> He was turned off at the party→He was turned off by the party
Say it for a higher band
5switch off→6put off→7+turn off
Synonyms
switch off
put off
Easily confused
turn on
“She turned on the radio.”
switch off
“Please switch off your phones.”
put off
“The delay put me off my schedule.”
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